Novel Analysis Course – Best Friends Playbook

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Lower Middle Grade students (ages 9-12, grades 4-6) will engage through video, online work, and ‘paper and pencil’ assignments to work a deep analysis of the middle grade novel Best Friends Playbook by A.W. Downer. This course is divided into 6 sections of study. Five sections include guided close reading, a focus skill analysis, vocabulary work, and a quiz. The last section includes a focus skill culmination writing assignment and an enrichment project of their choice. All work goes beyond standards and is geared toward student growth as readers and writers, and student choice. 14 videos are part of this course, including 3 from the author.

Estimated Time: 6 week novel study unit

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Course Instructor

Kiri Jorgensen Kiri Jorgensen Author

Kiri Jorgensen is a long time teacher, curriculum creator, writer, editor, and publisher at Chicken Scratch Books. Her passion is middle grade novels, and she loves helping kids discover the wonder of strong literature.

 

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A.W. Downer and Best Friends Playbook

Welcome to the Our Novel Analysis Course – for Teachers and Parents
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Welcome to Our Novel Analysis Course – for Students
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A.W. Downer and Best Friends Playbook
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Book Section 1: Chapters 1-7, pages 1-38

Reading For Clues to Understanding
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Focus Skill – Making Inferences From Imagination Scenes
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Vocabulary
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End of Section Quiz
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Book Section 2: Chapters 8-14, pages 39-81

Reading for Clues – Analysis of Section 1
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Focus Skill
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Vocabulary
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End of Section Quiz
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Book Section 3: Chapters 15-21, pages 82-124

Reading for Clues – Analysis of Section 2
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Focus Skill
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Vocabulary
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End of Section Quiz
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Book Section 4: Chapters 22-27, pages 125-157

Reading for Clues – Analysis of Section 3
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Focus Skill
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Vocabulary
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End of Section Quiz
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Book Section 5: Chapters 28-35, pages 158-199

Reading for Clues – Analysis of Section 4
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Focus Skill
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Vocabulary
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End of Section Quiz
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Final Analysis of Book

Reading for Clues – Analysis of Section 5
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Focus Skill Culmination Final Writing Assignment
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Novel Enrichment and Application Project
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Final Fun with A.W. Downer
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